Electronic trading
Sefs not expecting a big bang from Mat spark
As the Sef trading mandate arrives, platforms are primed for a jump in volumes – but with many clients currently avoiding Sefs, it may be a small bang, rather than a big one. Tom Osborn reports
Role change for Kinol as Credit Suisse plans new trading venture
Jon Kinol will lead a new electronic market-making project, leaving David Tait as sole head of the bank’s macro products group
Paulhac leaves CME Group
CME’s head of OTC products and services is expected to take up a senior position at Icap at critical juncture for electronic swaps trading
Sponsored profile: BNP Paribas
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013
Too much power: Sefs warn on 'available to trade' rules
Final execution rules in the US have given swap execution facilities the power to determine what products they will be allowed to trade. The entire industry appears to agree this is a terrible idea – including the trading venues themselves. Peter Madigan…
Banks try to standardise Sef sign-up for clients
Permission accomplished?
Brokers lose index CDS volumes to new Tradeweb platform
Over $600 billion in index CDS volume switches to new venue where dealers guarantee liquidity to each other
Risk interdealer rankings 2012: Brokers
Calm before the storm
Deutsche creates cross-asset platforms business under Amrolia
Deutsche Bank's Zar Amrolia runs a new business focused on electronic platforms across fixed income, while Kevin Rodgers has stepped up to become global head of FX
Knight Capital losses spur focus on algo risk management
A dark Knight for algos
The agent-principal dilemma
The agent-principal dilemma
Neal Wolkoff: OTC market faces break-up blues
Break-up blues
Risk 25 firms of the future: BGC Partners
Our customers are changing
Structural issues hindering uptake of electronic trading in India
An increasing appetite for electronic trading by domestic Indian firms is being stymied by issues over market structure and regulatory climate
Isda AGM: No need for Sef Clarification Act, says CFTC's Gensler
Dodd-Frank requires transparency for derivatives trading, CFTC chair says - and final Sef rules will reflect that
Isda AGM: E-trading should be a choice, says O'Connor
Removing voice as an option would leave clients facing execution risk, says Isda chair Stephen O'Connor - but some buy-side firms see it differently
Available to trade: row over scope of Dodd-Frank execution rules
Available to trade?
Icap’s forex e-trading platform to offer outright forwards
Icap’s forex spot and NDF electronic platform, EBS, is looking to diversify into outright forwards and other services this year
Sponsored forum: The future of e-trading for bonds
Regulators are keen for a wider universe of cash and derivatives instruments to trade on electronic platforms. A panel of experts discuss some of the challenges
Tech firms prepare euro break-up contingencies
Break-up blues
OTC trading platform of the year: i-Swap
Risk awards 2012